Monthly Archives: August 2019

I can’t call it dog “training,” because I don’t know anything about dog training I didn’t pick up empirically and probably much of it is wrong. I never dealt with dogs much before I moved here. But in my admittedly … Continue reading →

…because it’s barreling down on my big brother, like half of them seem to do… Texted him this morning to see if he was riding it out or bugging out. Few minutes later he sent me a photo… He was … Continue reading →

I wanted to put it together with all like-gauge cables, just to even everything out, but ended up having to use a few scrounged cables of much larger gauge. No big deal, but this is the first time I’ve actually … Continue reading →

Like any house dog he knows the signs when I’m getting ready to leave. Up until now he usually showed no interest in coming with me the way LB or Ghost always did. But lately, more and more often and … Continue reading →

And looking surprisingly good, given some of the dire stories I’ve heard in the past couple of weeks. He has dropped a lot of weight, going from skinny to downright gaunt, but he can talk and use his right hand. … Continue reading →

…make me look back on days like this with something approaching nostalgia… I won’t say Monsoon is my favorite time of the year on account of the mud. But every season has its blessing, and when the storm cells rumble … Continue reading →

I promised to be there at six o’clock, and I was there at six o’clock. I received detailed instructions about every step involved in feeding and medicating the horses, but L didn’t actually have any suggestions as to how one … Continue reading →

D&L have this arena for training their horses… …and just after D got sick one of the posts responsible for keeping tension on the tapes just up and fell over, eaten right off at ground level by termites that apparently … Continue reading →

Every now and then a legitimate comment accidentally finds its way into my spam locker, which is normally full of crap like this… I’m tempted to just let this unintelligible and apparently pointless flotsam pile up in there – but … Continue reading →

A post here is pretty much mandatory. But I spent yesterday fiddling around in the loft till it got too hot, then bingewatching The Last Ship till bedtime. Nothing is going on and I don’t have a coherent thought in … Continue reading →

Okay, so some of that soaked rifle ammo came home with me this afternoon. I went through it, the Tula seemed fine but some of the Wolf was already actively rusting. I sorted it out and loaded the rusty ones … Continue reading →

Went into Landlady’s house this morning after chicken chores, because she’s due this evening and I come by fairly regularly to make sure no mice are rotting in traps stinking up the place. No mice, but a sound as of … Continue reading →

And find yourself in an existential quandary Full of loathing and self-doubt And wracked with the pain and isolation of your pitiful meaningless existence At least you can take a small bit of comfort in knowing that Somewhere out there … Continue reading →

Just a day when I felt lousy. Then as if I weren’t already miserable something set off my sinuses and to keep from watching the mountain of tissues grow any higher I took an antihistamine. Between the two I basically … Continue reading →

…that the list of possible answers to the question “what could go wrong?” is extremely long. Name a mistake, I’ve probably made it. If it was fun, I’ve done it lots. But I do try to learn from the more … Continue reading →

He’s still in hospital but out of ICU and out of danger. Says he can kind of make a fist and his right arm is tingling, rather than still numb. His speech still comes and goes. Supposed to be about … Continue reading →

I enjoy Ian McCollum’s videos as much as anybody. He’s been doing it a long time now and he’s truly good at it. I fully understand that he has lots of devoted fans, and he has earned them with a … Continue reading →

“Slap me five!” “Don’t understand.” “Slap me five!” “Sniff your hand?” “No! Slap me five!” “Still not…” “Slap me five!” “Can I…buy a vowel or something?” “Slap me five!” “Okay, look. How about you just pet me?”

The Monsoon has hit pause and it’s gone back to being sunny and really sweaty hot every day. Fine, there are advantages and disadvantages but you know what? I really like taking showers. And someday there’ll be a new water … Continue reading →

Honestly I didn’t expect to. The only other time I tried to use a bicycle around here it was not a pleasant experience. Between the soft sand in the wash crossings and getting my kidneys beat to death on every … Continue reading →